Public Knowledge

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Public Knowledge:

• I’ll take it.  I’ll take that Celtics victory last night.  I’ll take that Celtics defense last night.  That Celtics defense that forced ten Bron Bron turnovers.  That Celtics defense that held Bron Bron to only two of eighteen shots.  Over the last 40 years only two other players had that low of a shooting percentage while attempting that many shots.   Karl Malone and John Starks.   See I’ve got heart like John Starks.  Hitting mad sparks.  Pass me the mic and I’ll be rocking the whole park.  The C’s may not have rocked the whole park last night.  The C’s missed shots.  The C’s turned the ball over.  The C’s made bad plays.  The C’s won.  Just win baby!  They won because of their defense.  A defense that held the Cavaliers to a 30.7 field-goal percentage.  A defense that held the Hawks to a 29.3 shooting percentage on Sunday. A defense that over the two games combined for 29.7 percent.  The third-lowest against any NBA team over two games in one year’s playoffs in the shot-clock era.   And it’s because of that defense that the C’s win this series.  Roll Celtics roll.  
• Give ‘em the old one two.  Give ‘em the old razzle dazzle.  Manny razzled last night.  Papi dazzled last night.  Razzled and dazzled for back to back bombs.  Big Papi and Manny have hit home runs in the same game forty-seven times.  Big Papi and Manny have hit home runs in the same game ten more times than any other pair of current teammates.  Yowza!  Papi’s back folks.  Ortiz is hitting .440 with three home runs and seven RBIs in his last six games.  Yowza!  The Sox have won seven out of eight.  The hits just keep on hitting.  Roll Sox roll!
• Did you see that Mets game last night?  That Mets/Dodgers game last night?  My goodness.  Dodger rookie Blake DeWitt hits an inside the parker.  Moises Alou steals home.  Holy cow!   It was the first major league game to feature both of those events in nearly eighteen years.  Eighteen years since July 29, 1990.  July 29, 1990, when Felix Jose hit an inside-the-park home run for the A’s and Brian Harper stole home for the Twinkies.  Not for nothing, that was Alou’s fourth career steal of home.  That is the most among active players.  Not for nothing else, Alou is the oldest position player in baseball. 
• Like Red Buttons, he never got a dinner.  Gavin Floyd.  Not to be confused with Pud Galvin.  This Gavin Floyd character just can’t catch a break. He couldn’t catch a break earlier this season when he took a no-no into the eighth.  Took a no-no into the eighth before Edgar Renteria broke it up.  Last night it was deja-vu all over again.  Last night, Floyd came within two outs of a no-hitter before Joe Mauer’s double smashed those hopes.  But hold your head high Gavin, some of the most famous people in history never got a dinner.  Pedro Martinez, never got a dinner.  Roger Clemens, never got a dinner.  Greg Maddux, never got a dinner.  Ron Guidry, never got a dinner.  Steve Carlton, never got a dinner. 
• Hooray Zach Duke!  Zach Duke finally gets off the schnide.  Zach Duke won last night for the first time since June 12, 2007.  His futile streak of eleven consecutive winless starts tied him with Jason Jennings for the longest current streak in the show.  Jason Jennings won’t be losing any games any time soon.  He was just put on the 15-day DL with soreness in his forearm.  Lucky him.
• The NBA admitted Chauncey Billups’ 3-pointer at the end of the third quarter should not have counted.  Of course it shouldn’t have.  It was as plain as the nose on your face.  The NBA also said referees aren’t allowed to review instant replay to determine that.  Change the rule.  Change the rule now.  It’s that simple.  Simple as the nose on your face.  It’s not too late.  The NHL made a rule change.  Made a rule change in this year’s playoffs.  The Sean Avery rule.  It made sense.  So does this.  Hey David Stern, do like Mookie.  Do the right thing.
• Need Glasses?

• All this talk about Ken Griffey Jr. not going to the Mariners makes me think he’s going to the Mariners.
• Deetroit Basketball baby!  Get out the brooms.  The Magic don’t win a game.
• Yankees still suck.  Joba Chambermaid?  Ha ha ha!   Nice curve.  Ha ha ha!

Peace out homies.  Six Two and Even!

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